Creve Coeur Universities, Creve Coeur Colleges, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis Community College, University of Missouri

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Higher Education

The choice to pursue higher education is made easier given the location and easy access to a number of colleges and universities.

St. Louis Community College’s (STLCC) Meramec campus welcomes traditional freshmen students who want an affordable start toward a bachelor's degree or those on the path to a career-focused associate degree. A flexible course schedule also allows returning adults to expand their career options or switch careers to increase their value in the workforce through credit classes and continuing education.

The Meramec campus offers diverse career and technical programs, state-of-the-art instruction labs and specialized facilities for those pursuing careers in emerging areas of visual arts. Most importantly, we have faculty and staff who truly care about your academic success.

And, while STLCC is one of the largest community colleges in the nation, typical class sizes are small, especially compared to four-year colleges and universities. Tuition is affordable; it costs 70 percent less to attend St. Louis Community College than other four-year institutions in Missouri.

The college’s transfer record is exemplary: More students transfer to Missouri’s four-year colleges and universities from STLCC than from any other college in the state. Of those who transfer, the majority do better than or equal to their counterparts who began their education at four-year schools.

Covenant Theological Seminary in Creve Coeur, the national seminary of the Presbyterian Church in America, serves over 1,000 students each year and is ranked the 12th largest seminary in North America. Its primary focus is training pastors through the Master of Divinity program. Other degree programs include Doctor of Ministry, Master of Arts and Master of Arts in Counseling.

Just west of Creve Coeur is Maryville University, with an enrollment of approximately 13,000. Missouri Baptist College has an enrollment of 2,400. St. Louis University, about 10 miles east of Olivette, has an enrollment of 11,000. Washington University, founded in 1853, is one of America’s finest research universities — with 10 percent of its students drawn from more than 100 countries around the world.

Other nearby higher education institutions include Fontbonne College, Lindenwood University, University of Missouri–St. Louis and Logan College of Chiropractic.